Morning Line: Dundee United

United are at McDiarmid Park tomorrow to face St Johnstone, kick-off three o’clock. The sides are level on eleven points from eight matches, and their records are identical: three wins, two draws and three defeats each, with ten goals scored. One goal of goal difference keeps Saints fifth and United sixth.

Jim Goodwin’s side go for a third straight league win after clean-sheet victories over St Mirren and Hibs. They have not managed three in a row yet this season. Saints have not yet won back-to-back league games, and Sunday’s win at Aberdeen was their...

The Courier reports that Mehdi Merghem and Will Ferry are set to miss Saturday’s trip to St Johnstone. Jim Goodwin says Merghem may return to training before Aberdeen visit Tannadice on the twenty-fourth of October. Ferry is being assessed week by week because of muscular discomfort.

Jim Goodwin says United’s start should please owner Mark Ogren, who is due at St Johnstone on Saturday. Goodwin says the chairman’s priority is a winning team, with player sales secondary to results, and that the club is aiming for a top six finish and a cup run to Ham...

The Courier reports that Jim Goodwin accepts he sometimes left Bert Esselink too exposed against quick attackers last season, and now praises the defender’s professionalism, determination and resilience in reclaiming his place. Esselink has started both of United’s back-to-back league wins and clean sheets.

The Courier also reports that Jim Goodwin says captain Ross Graham remains an important leader despite losing his place, with Bert Esselink and Michael Forbes currently established at centre-back. Goodwin says Graham’s attitude in training has been exemplary, and that he is still club captain.

For Saturday’s match at...

Jim Goodwin says United have nothing to fear at St Johnstone after back-to-back league wins. He says most of this week’s work will focus on United’s own game, while still respecting the quality in the Saints squad.

Lyall Cameron says Jim Goodwin has given him the freedom to play. He told BBC Scotland he is getting into good positions and being positive on the ball, and that he will keep trying to thread passes even when some are intercepted, because he has the manager’s backing. He hopes to add goals and assists to help United...

The Courier reports that Will Ferry missed Saturday’s one-nil win over Hibs after picking up a knock during United’s Portugal camp, with Jim Goodwin praising Kevin Ciubotaru’s two strong performances in his place as evidence of the squad’s depth.

United are now sixth in the Premiership after Sunday’s fixtures. St Johnstone moved above them on goal difference with a one-nil win at Aberdeen. Josh Fowler scored a fourteenth-minute penalty, and goalkeeper Toby Steward made several important saves as Saints earned their first away victory of the season. The sides meet at McDiarmid Park on Sa...

Dundee United have their first home league win of the season. Daniel Bennie’s thirty-fifth-minute goal beat Hibs one-nil at Tannadice. Jim Goodwin kept the same starting eleven that won three-nil at St Mirren. The victory lifted United to fifth overnight, with eleven points from eight matches.

Hibs made the brighter start, but United took control as the first half developed. Jesse Randall twice tested goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger, while Bennie sent two efforts off target before breaking through. A cross was only partly cleared, Lyall Cameron lifted the ball back into the six-yard area, and Bennie forced it...

United host Hibs at Tannadice today in the William Hill Premiership. Kick-off is at three o’clock. United begin the day ninth on eight points, one point and one place above Hibs. Jim Goodwin’s side return to league action after the three-nil win at St Mirren, while Marink Reedijk takes charge of Hibs for the first time.

Goodwin says the players who were away on international duty are back with the group, and sharpness and fitness should not be an issue. He described this as United’s best week of training for some time, with a compet...

Jim Goodwin has studied footage of Marink Reedijk’s former club Beveren ahead of Hibs’ visit, the Daily Record reports. United are preparing for several possible approaches from the new Hibs manager, and Goodwin wants his side to match the level they showed in the win at St Mirren.

Dundee United’s head of recruitment Ross Goodwin says he was surprised Zac Sapsford is still waiting for a first senior Australia call-up. He made the comments to Football 360 before United return to league action. Goodwin says Norwich’s Mohamed Toure being out with a long-term shoulder injury could le...

Dundee United will check on several returning internationals before Saturday’s Premiership match against Hibs, the Daily Record reports. Jesse Randall, Iurie Iovu, Zidane Iqbal and Panutche Camara are all returning from international duty. Jim Goodwin says sports scientist Ewan Anderson has been monitoring their training and match loads while they were away.

The Courier reports that Iovu impressed on international duty with Moldova, and that Goodwin believes the game time will help the centre-back after he lost his starting place to Bert Esselink.

Former United defender Vicko Ševelj says leaving Tannadice for Neftçi Baku...

United return to Premiership action at home to Hibs on Saturday, and Jim Goodwin wants his forwards to be more clinical, the Daily Record reports. They have scored nine goals in their first seven league games, and Goodwin wants them to turn more of the chances the team creates into goals, building on the three-nil win at St Mirren.

On international duty, Sam Cleall-Harding completed Scotland Under-21s’ two-nil win away to Bulgaria. Ruairidh Adams was an unused substitute. Kevin Ciubotaru started but was replaced at half-time as Romania Under-21s lost seven-one in Spain, while Iurie Io...

A short, sharp Dundee United briefing every morning: team news, results, United players on international duty, and what's coming next. Independent, AI-assisted and reviewed by an editor before it reaches your feed. First episode: Wednesday 7 October.